Dr. Ichak Kalderon Adizes attended the Central and East European Management Development Association’s annual convention. One of the topics discussed was ‘how to develop entrepreneurship.’ Dr. Adizes is a consultatnt to top corporations and governments and is recently recognized by Leadership Excellence magazine as a top “Thought Leader” in 2008.

This year is celebrating the 30th Anniversary of normalization of relations between the United States and China. The National Committee on United States-China Relations (NCUSCR) invited five former U.S. Ambassadors to China to a program together for the first time on 9 December 2008. In the program, Winston Lord (1985-89), James Lilley (1989-91), J. Stapleton Roy (1991-95), James R. Sasser (1996-99), and Joseph Prueher (1999-2001) shared their challenges, excitement, crises during their tenures, as well as their views on the future U.S.-China relations

The program video is available online and the duration is 99min. Click here to access.

China has been developing rapidly over the past three decades and transformed into one of the most powerful countries today, the U.S.-China relation is changing along too. The relation is changing from distrust to cooperative. Under Obama administration, how should U.S.-China relation be? How does the U.S.-China relation different thirty years or more ago from today? Stephen A. Orlins, president of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, addressed the questions in AJC.com. Click here for access.

The PolicyAchive has made available the report of “America’s Role in Asia: Asian and American Views” online. Published by Asia Foundation in September 2008, this report addressed the issues faced by America’s 44th president such as “How to rebuild trust in America after its unpopular invasion of Iraq?”, “ How to revive the American economy without resorting to protectionist measures in a global trading system?”, “How to defeat terrorism without creating the impression that Islam is the enemy?”, and “How to interface with the international community in utilizing multilateral institutions to uphold international law and foster justice in the world?”.

The KOF Index of Globalization, provided by the KOF Swiss Institute of Technology Zurich, measures globalization on economic, social, and political dimensions. Detailed data is available for download.

Under the “Query Index” tab, users can produce their tables and graphs by using tools that add an informative visual element to the data. Indexes for over 100 countries are provided for every year dating back to 1970. Click here for access.